New York, NY (Top40 Charts) .In keeping with a long-standing tradition of pranking the headliner when a tour wraps up, Colt Ford, dressed like Batman, flew down from the rafters and surprised
Brantley Gilbert on stage to sing "Dirt Road Anthem," the #1 smash hit penned by the pair. Each night of the 35+ city "Take It Outside 2016 Tour" the two artists have come together during Gilbert's set to perform the hit. Watch
Colt Ford surprise
Brantley Gilbert at one of their last tour stops in Salt Lake City here.
Ford recently released his new single, "4 Lane Gone." The song can be heard nationally on SiriusXM's The Highway as well as in such major markets like Phoenix, Atlanta, San Jose, Orlando, Louisville, Lexington, Denver, Salt Lake City, Fresno, Spokane,
Augusta and more.
Ford's new album, Love Hope Faith, is scheduled for release early next year.
About Colt Ford
In 2012, Colt penned two #1 hits; Jason Aldean's "Dirt Road Anthem," and Brantley Gilbert's, "Country Must Be Country Wide." His album, "Declaration of Independence," topped the Billboard Top Country Album Chart at #1, and was followed by, Thanks For Listening, in July 2014. Thanks For Listening charted at #1 on Billboard's Independent Albums, #1 on Billboard's Rap Albums chart, #2 on Billboard's Top Country Albums Chart and #10 on The Billboard 200 Albums chart. "Crank It Up!
Colt Ford Live At Wild Adventures," Colt's first live concert on DVD, was released to retail in Fall 2014 and debuted on AXSTV in February 2015. In addition, Colt and his band are featured in "Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser," starring
David Spade, which was released in July 2015 on Crackle TV.
To date, Colt has sold over 1 million albums, millions more song downloads, has 1.6 million Facebook Likes and over 100 million YouTube views. Colt was also featured in a two-page cover story in the "
Arena" section of the Wall Street Journal (July 2013). Colt has toured with Florida Georgia Line, Eric Church,
Toby Keith and most recently,
Brantley Gilbert on the "Take It Outside" Summer '16 Tour. In addition to being a gifted songwriter and artist, Colt is also a former professional golfer, and resides with his family in Athens, GA. Follow at www.coltford.com; twitter.com/coltford; facebook.com/coltford; instagram @coltfordmusic ;
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